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COMPLETE REPOR'’ WEATHER—Rain to-night and PRICE ONE CENT. Saturany, = [« Circulation Books Open to All.” AND BASEBAL NEW YORK, FRIDAY, APRIL & AIGHLANDERS: OPEN LOCAL BALL SEASON WITH HEAVY BATTING Meet the Murray Hills on Olympic| Field and Indulge in an Old Time Slugging Game, Piling Up Run After Run at Will All the Men Show Up in First Class} Shape and Prove dition to Begin They Are in Con- the Struggle for Championship Honors, (Special to The Evening World.) OLYMPIC FIBLD, April 8.—The Highlanders had the easiest kind of a time in their exhibition game with the Murray Hills here this afternoon, defeating them by a score of 19 to 1. the seventh inning. ‘The Highlanders showed up jin great form, hitting the ball for twenty-two safe hits and also fielding sharply. Chesbro had plenty of speed and had the Murray Hill hiters at his mercy. Putman relieved him in the box in the sixth inning. The Murray Hills secured the only run they got on three safe hits in suc- Cae e8DTO, Umpire—Mr, First Inning. to Itz, fold. "Williams singled, a one Gansel fied out to Laat oes Kleinow's ground- er go through his legs. Chesbro was out for fava econ ao ye walked, but was forced at forced Bassford at second. ‘went out et first, NO RUNS. Second Inning. ‘thrown _ out VES ee re Bar! G Sant a Eiberfeld was retired Consoy Koaler y McDonald. . anman drew a baso on balls. Hen- sigteinmem ack out. Bo did Deltrioh, Wein hit the ball over tho fence, but z ‘was only g00d toe a base on account rule und . Steinman and StwSht niato a double steal. Chesbro threw out Wade. NO RUNS. ‘Ia! ine. filiams singled. Netlh baby ‘An: . vin ger foci a banted, ut was nailed first. sr atte Teourtney. failed to connect. Bassford bass eye on first and Barry went out in lke manner. NO RUNS. Feurth Inning. Iberfeld. out by Courney and Mc- id. Anderson singled. Williams to first on error. ngel singled. Kleinow drew a pera sorcink: in Ander- ro ul scoring Gan- zel, wa is and Kieinow. Conroy's was caught stealing second. as = Fn it by Hiberfeld. rown oui : singled. Henriques. tenned. Brotrick fouled to Conroy NO RUNS: Fifth Inning. Fults hit for two bases. Keeler bunt- ed and was Fults, foin to third, Bibertela’s nailed ‘Wade. wi single scared uli. Will: coming ONE RON, “At out ce . p O'Neil out, Conroy to Ganzel. Wade singled. hat raed took Oourtney’s fly. Bassford followed suit and the Donald di safely. Barry all filled, Mc- were lied at first. NO RUNS. Sixth Inning. Ganzel fied out. ‘Kleinow singled. Chesbro. singled. Conroy doubled, scor- ing Klenow. Fultz singled, Chesbro scoring, Keeler out, Henriques to Mc- Donald, and Cenroy scored. Blberfeld thrown’ out. THREE RUNS Putnam relieved Chesbro in. the box. Steinman got first on single. Henriques singled, sending Steinman ‘to second. Rot ed up on Deltrich's out at first, was a vicim* at first and Steinman scored, Wade struck! ou. ONE RUN. Seventh Inning. { Anderson’ walked, — Williams. singled. Ganzel tripled, scoring Anderson and Willams, ‘Thoney out sourtne WEATHER FORECAST. Forecast for the thirty-six hours | ending at 8 P. M. Saturday for Wew York City and vicinity: Raln to-night and Saturday; brisk easteRy winds, beéoming high, anh shifting Saturday to west- i The game was so onesided that ) =! boys, ager Griffith asked the captain of the Murray Hills to call it off, and as te! latter was perfectly satisfied, Umpire Oullom called the ganf¥ at the end of GIANTS BACK IN - BEST OF SHAPE Manager McGraw and His Men Reach the City from Their Spring Training Grounds Ready to “Play Ball.” THREE OF THE CROWD DROPPED OFF EN ROUTE. They Will Be Here: To-Morrow, However, in Time to Take in the Game with Yale at the Polo Grounds. Manager McGraw and his select bunch of baseball tossers are back lt Gotham, The scrappy little manager-player step- ped off a B. and O. train at 3 o'clock, surrounded by his flock, and they all displayed the smile tat comes from a home-coming to the nation’s biggest city. . Four weeks of sojourn In the tropics has browned the boys up so that they looked like returning summer vacation- fats. “Here we are, in the metropolis again, were the first words that came out of McGraw’s mouth as he stepped to the platform, “and I'm not a bit sor- ry. It certainly loks good to me.” The players expressed themselves in Ganzel scoring. Conroy forced Putman. much the same breezy terms. Fultz out at first. THREE RUNS, | y, the n " Courtney ‘singled. Bassford forced} 40°, McGinnity, the famous “tron him at second, Barry forced Bass. |Man;" Jack Dunn, the general utility NO Game called on account of darkness. Score by Innings. 603418 S19 -0000010-1 —_— NATIONAL TEAM WING, IN PHILADELPHIA GAME. ford, McDonald filed to Williams. Americans .. Murray Hills thietios Philadelph: a=} Phillies, Athletics, Thomas, cf. Hartsel, If. Gleason, 2b. Pickering, cf. Wolverton, 3b. Davis, 1b. Titus, rf. L, Cross, 3b. Barry, If. Seybold, ri Hulswitt, as. Murphy: 21 Roth, 1b. M. Cross, $8. Dooin, ©. Powers, c. Duegleby. n. Henley. p. Umptre—Mr. Smith (Special to The Evening World.) PHILADELPHIA BALL PARK, April &—The fifth game of the Inter- League series between the Phillies and Athletics was played here this after- noon. The splendid weather brought out a large gathering of the fair sex ena uie lght spring colors furnished ‘urther indication of lof the season proper. 7° Neer SPProach First Inning. Athletics batted first. Hi: with a double. Plekerind) sactiteee Barry muffed Davis's fly, and Hartsel scored, L, Cross singJed, and was out trying second, Davis \scoring. Seybold died at firet “TWO RUNS. iomas sing! and reached on a pagsed ball. Gleason walked Wor yerton forced ‘Thomas, Titus lined to Lave. who doubled Wol vi Ae iverton. NO Second Inning. Murphy, Mae ey ae to Barry an iohrecl Ke No RUNG. | led to Titus, arry filed to Hartsel. Roth failed to reach first. Hulswitt went route, NO’ RUNS. toetenme Third Inning, Heulev was pickled by Wolv Roth, Hartsel fouled to Barry pe! ering died. NO RUNS. Doo!,, failed to beat a bunt. by could dono died. NO RUNS. Fourth Im Davis Aled to Hulswitt, threw Lave Cross out, Seybold walked, but was out stealing, NO RUNS, i G ccron Was again passed, and pur. lomed second. “Wolverton " sacrificed. Titus Bled to, Plekering, Gleason. scor. i rr} led t 1 . YE ing. Barry 0 Pickering, ONE Fith Inn Murphy safe on Titus'’s muff. Mo: fouled out. Murphy was caught nar plog between the bases, Schreck walked, Henley fanned. NO RUNS. Roth was a dead one, “Hulewitt wait- ed and walked. Doolh died at first Duepleby walked. arethomas doubled, varity iswitt,” Gleason foule orig wed out Monte flied Duggle- better. ‘Thomas “also The latter Sixth Inning, Hartsel flied out, Pickering sing! Davis fouled to Roth. Cross was pickled by Roth. NO RUN: Wolverton singled, Titus ‘sacrificed Barry fouled to Schreck and Roth fied te Minphy, NO RUNS Seventh Inning. Seybold singled. Murphy fore ag iaecond. Monte sing! ar eechrea d at first an conte was do: dled at flo ubled up. Hulswitt was bedten by Dooin filed to Seybeld, fanned. « NO_ RUNS. Eighth Inning. | singled, Hartsel_ bunte Was safe: Pickering bunted, Henley ‘bee ing caught at third. Davis’ f Lave dled. (NO RUNS, | paneeiane rhomas ‘filed out. Gleason by a bunt and reached. third on at wild throw. Wolverton safe, on wild Wolverton quit. stealing: the throw. Duggleby Henley throw. ‘Titus singled, scoring Titus was forced and Pai TW 'NS th Inning. \ ton to Koti Mt Seybold out, W phy out, same Monie Went out rout on a wild throw to third by Du, leby. Bohreck ‘fed NO RUN: Mur- to Thomas. NO Gleason scored] * man, and Billy Gilbert were conspicuous by ‘thelr absence, but McGraw was able to account for their whereabouts. Me- Ginnity stayed in Washington, Dunn stopped over in Baltimore and Gilbert dropped off at Philadelphia to see his folks. “I'll have them all out on Coogan's “pampus to-morrow morning for @ little initiation into the season's home “practice at’ 16 o'clock. That's the call, and they all understand that it, goes.” Manager McGraw sald he had been jfavored with the best training w: jhe had ever encountered for spring training purposes in the South. “We play an exhibition game with Yale at the Polo Grounds to-morrow afternoon and the fans who venture out will have a good chance to see what a splendid fighting trim the boys are in,” sald “McGraw. oe JIM. JEFFRIES. “What’s the Use of Being a Champion,” He Asks, “When the Four-Flushers Pull in the Coin?” “Say,” said Jim J. Jeffries this after- noon, as he closed the lid in Harlem and sat on his trunk to, hold it down. “Say, did you ever pipe ‘the way these four-flushers pull in the coin? I've got good mind to go away somewhere by myself and forget how to box. That's all I need to do to get rich. If I didn’t know a mitt from a pint of peanuts I'd be worth a million, and as a real cham pion ['ve only got my fists on a measly couple of hundred thousand. “It's up to me to chase myself to for- eign shores, stay ull I get fat, call my- self Craaaacke, come back and ring in as champeen of Rotterdam, Then I can buy a safe deposit vault and get busy, There's no money in being a real champ’ these days, Everybody wants to buy the Imitation article because it’s cheap and looks good enough until until somebody drops it and. it cracks. “Here I've been going along without a match ever since 1 Ieked Jim Cor- bett last, because there wa body meet me, I hadn't ple mint hay real champion ns hammering rive hop. | guers II! to try that Holland game. ame back here of Rotterdam, ten years would you y a match with M asked the reporter, “Sure,” said Jef. “But | think id sneak away up the Hudson and do y some training on the quiet first -————— MEMPHIS RESULTS, MEMPHIS, April &.— Féaulth lor the races here to-day as follows First. Race—M 1) 1, Littie Fashion (6 to n Gowns Second Ract ert (20 to Irene Lindsay (7 to 20) 2, Skiitul 3 Third Race—Wiyful (to 2 1, Au- dience (9 to 20) % Coruscate 3. Fou Race.—McGee (7 to 10) first, The Conqueror (8 to 1) second, Foxy Kane third. Fifth Race.--Charl first. Misa Ivy (ty third.+ Sixth Race—Patkiand (even) 1, Louis ville (even) 2, Ruyle Horn i a Sudoy Mige it your lungs trou. ® Aunt (2 to 1) ) second, Voltrice bie Sour Pio i HTS AT PEEWEES ! POPE DODO MOSPORT EEA ED E doo ooo HAS BEEN Ss” HAS TWO MAKING BIC Big GOES MONEY IN IN SIGHT JEFFRIES CHAMPIO POROODOOHO.6-8.9-5..9-06 FIGHT BULLET 9OO094-0040-4-0-4-0-55-4 WONDERS WHAT’ WHEN THE SKATES CAN G [S OF TO-DAY’S RACING WEATHER-—Rain to-nfght and Saturday. 11 0’CLOCK 1904, THE US@® OF BEING (Drawn Especially tor The Evening World ly Tad. FRISCO |} YOUNG Y CORBETT BYVING AUTOMOBILES Jimmy BRITT BIG PURSE Bie nee 3 q JAcK SND TOM st ‘BABIES’ LIVES SAVED BY MOTHER Frantic Parent Rushed | Into Smoke-Filled House After iy E ( Little Ones and, Aided by| Majority of the Spectators Were of the, Others, Rescued Them. DEDHAM, dictment charging murder in th ond degree was returned by folk County Grand Jury to-day against Harris E. Dexter, teen years old, who, It Is said, has con- fossed that be shot Mix younger brother, Parker Dexter, on Sunday, en the shooting was exter rather | bearded man Ww ris ad to n ff ri he thts when, the police aay, he confessed that he shot men after a search of the With a plunged into th stairs, t They fects of the smoke. Long « wher and carried ther all_ were revided. The fire did $:,000 da BOY INDICTED FOR MURDER. ——— t out Adelst to the in, fra ae | th th Tunylred replied a liceman, just emerging with two fire-/ malta del en wild surkek Mrs bulldini: Thomas Lone, I My 1 followed by h we . four and two ver where they had craw started in thelr home were Unconscious from but the mothe zed them and started for ‘The rescuers were nearly ov others came to th all downetatrs ster 3 the 1 where nan 1 Mass.. April S.-An ine the Nor of Randolph, thir- Canyon 3. 8 March 27 IN BEN nto alternoor, the crowd ds wink home for purposes < robber story until three days ago ‘his brother, but that the act {atemnoon, ntal. + April §, (hous showers did not iurt over, and the going x ‘THE MOJ MUNROE ASHBR KEY GOT P5000. THEM FOR SIX Frouwvag, EDDIE HANLON | \ MONEY AT MAKES LoTs of] PHONOLULY MONEN ON | as | mM THE ROAD \ *| \ HORSES FINISH HEADS APART AT BENNINGS, WINNERS, | FIRST FACE” Fustian (2 to 1) 1. Graziallo (1 to:2 place) 2, Stroiler 3. SECOND RACE-—Fi'a (19 to Maxey Moore (2 to I place) 2, Court: , THIRD RACE-Preen (3 to § and! The Claimant (8 to 1 place)’ 2, Jack McKeon 3. | FOURTH RAGE—Honolulu (3 to} jy) 5) 1, Mrp. Frank Foster (4 to 5], 3 place) 2, Trapezist 3. FIFTH RACE-Ninespot (9 to 10) Ssringbrook Arachue 3. SIXTH RACE~Sais Rough Rider (5 to 2 place) Ral +-—— Tae A ind 4 1 hot favorite to + 2.1 place * Tot drive y 1 Red (3 to FIRST RACK 2, World ACK, Wash ‘or Helectie Wiyria 10 Start fade rack, Thel tt w Graalalio he course, opening ¢ mu Ught Aghe f © judge and te a clalm of «couple of > eet iengits. Fustian caughe ‘itm at the ood all the) ciehtn pole, and in. the drive — home Walsh was’ over confident and nearly Fustian ere were perhaps 2,600:people-watch-'let Graziallo steal the ace, % | i “Circulation Books Open to All.” | | Opinion that Graziallo Had Finished ' First in the Opening Event, but Judges Gave Rac: to Fustian, SIGNS D NIGHT EXTRA PRICE ONE CENT. IGHT WHERE ABTRESS 8 FOUND DEAD ‘Doctor Called to Attend Rosie Beckett Dis- covers Her Stretched Out on a Board with Indications of Violence and the En tire Apartment in Great Disorder. ALBERT ROSSITER, WHO BOARDED _. WITH HER, IS PUT UNDER ARREST, His EyzsWere Discolored and He Was Not in Condition to Give a Coherent Story of the Woman's Dzath, but He Said She Fell Several Days Ago. “te Rosie Beckett, forty-one years old, 'an English actress, died in her flat, at No. 211 West Fifty-eighth street, to-day, and as & result of the strange circumstances surrounding her death and the many marks of violence on her body Albert Rossiter, aman who boarded with her, has been arrested and Is a prisoner in the West Forty-seventh street station. Shortly before noon Dr. Leonard Pitkin, of No. ¥l1 Seventh avenue, was summonéd by Rossiter io the Fifty-eighth street flat. The man was intoxicated and simply sald tha: sume one was dying in the fla 2 When the doctor entered the apartment he found signs of a struggle in every rcom, even the piano being broken. In a front room m a window the body of a wouran lay on a board stretched between two chairé. She wzs dead. . . ‘ The woman's qyes were blackuned, her clothing torn and her body covered with bruises and contusions. Dr. Pitkin immediately, notified Coroncr Scholer and the police and Detective-Sergt. Sheehan, of the West Forty-seventh street stztion, was assigned to the case. ‘The man did not leave the flat and was placed under arrest and taken to the police station. He was in & stupefied condition and could make no coherent statement. In his ramblings he said that the actress had had a bad fall a few days ago and cruised her body"in that way. $ Both of the man’s eyes were bixckened and he bad several scratches on his face. He told the police that he had boarded with the Beckett woman for several months. - Coroner Schoter gaid to an Evening World reporter after visiting the © flat that the circumsignees surrounding the death of the woman were very suspicious. He would mako no further statement in the case. The police say, that the furniture in the flat Was broken and tossed around as if by a violent struggle. Curtains were torn and the piano was txsoken, There were deep rents in the woman's clothing. Nend for Some Time, ed spree, empty bot- Dr, Pitkin, when questioned a ing found in ull parts death of the woman thi raid that be had never visited t nd hiew notitug of the dence of a proton | tes and fasks be! Many Pictnren of Herself. The walis of the room in which, the of the woman's fe, He sald | ¥OmMan died were | with 4 pio= ture self Tres 8 tse hud born dead for some | tumes, ots been 4 concert since she dressed kett don, y Coroner Schole examination of th a A letier ais end rained: vJennie 0 RO Water 4 in the autopsy to b vouy cosmorrow moved ) the rned this aftern: was found , d, on @ tabl said after a careful Woman's body that © right eye, which © upper part of her fae caused em pli: wo nt w few days A seavca is being made for this tedly ayo that there was evi- | from ¢ ath, before Straligr, | ed Hold, with Trapezist second vird aml The Belle close s whts. Jocks | Nineapot 15 DR Stasters whts, t Jocks, St-HIf Fin 31% to K. arer) happel 2 3 ms nee and tn thal drive ‘ to nothing, Filla won hy tnree-qur 1c > through. of a lene ‘am Maxew) Moore sis eno ea eae moa long way behind TEnot rialled hiniety Courtplaster for the place a eM IA THIRD RACE thrae lenetha eit Two-year-olds; one-half Preen ri the running., He was stopping fast the end and just managed to last Ik enough to Win by A neck from. Claimant, who beat Jack MeKeon t) lengths for . at to si rv Rough Ri pl . HORACE r vst just urd two : a ———— vo Wan rani Tins). | SUNDAY WORLD WANTS Pa foster jumpec Tunning two lengths~ba- ONDERS. WORK anaes) Ww